| 100% | CLAUSES | 7 | Things of concern to grammarians and negotiators |
| 43% | WHATSTHEMATTER | 14 | Question of concern, with a hint to 20-, 25- and 43-Across |
| 41% | APIAN | 5 | Of concern to beekeepers |
| 41% | RENAL | 5 | Of concern to nephrologists |
| 40% | SLICEDBREAD | 11 | "Best thing" bakery metaphor ... and a hint to each row of circles |
| 40% | CLIMATIC | 8 | Of concern to the Weather Channel |
| 39% | GENDERGAP | 9 | Issue of concern to feminists |
| 39% | CROPYIELD | 9 | Statistic of concern to farmers |
| 39% | SSA | 3 | Org. of concern to AARP |
| 39% | NIELSENS | 8 | Numbers of concern to showrunners |
| 39% | INTERNETLAW | 11 | Code of concern to users |
| 39% | NSA | 3 | Org. of concern to Edward Snowden |
| 39% | SAUCERS | 7 | Sightings of concern to ufologists, briefly |
| 39% | SSA | 3 | Org. of concern to the AARP |
| 39% | EARS | 4 | Body parts of concern to audiologists |
| 39% | OZONE | 5 | Atmospheric gas of concern to Gore |
| 39% | BONELOSS | 8 | Gradual process of concern to periodontists |
| 39% | CLASSSIZE | 9 | Number of concern to a teacher |
| 39% | EYE | 3 | Organ of concern to an ophthalmologist |
| 38% | ITINERARY | 9 | Your holiday plan of places to go and things to do |
| 38% | AREYOUOKAY | 10 | Query of concern … or a phonetic hint to two pairs of letters appearing in 17-, 24-, 37- and 48-Across |
| 38% | CROSSREFERENCES | 15 | Things to "see" in a dictionary, and what both parts of the answers to the starred clues are? |
| 38% | BEGINNINGSALARY | 15 | Figure of concern to a job applicant |
| 38% | AGISM | 5 | Issue of concern to the AARP: Var. |
| 38% | MPG | 3 | Fig. of concern to a car buyer |
| 38% | IRS | 3 | Org. of concern to H&R Block |
| 38% | PEDIGREES | 9 | Ancestral lines of concern to dog breeders |
| 38% | BACKWARDDAY | 11 | Time to do things out of order, or what appears in 21-, 26-, and 43-Across |
| 38% | RITE | 4 | Learning to read and w___ is one of the first things taught in school |
| 37% | AQI | 3 | Environmental datum of concern to asthmatics, for short |